Private Equity, Overall M&A To Decline Due To Weak Economy, Credit Crunch

January 11 - CNN Money - What the credit crisis couldn't do to the private-equity market -- knock it to the canvas for a 10-count -- a looming recession might.

Most M&A experts predict a continuation of the slowdown that hit during the latter half of 2007, when the credit crunch dried up private-equity funds and all but obliterated what had been the busiest deal-making period ever.

Now, with fears of a recession growing stronger by the minute, the outlook is even more bleak. Read More.